“Unlocking the Future: Analyzing the All-Star Potential of the 2025 NFL Draft Class”

If there’s a case for any of this year’s non-Cam Ward quarterbacks to hack it as an NFL starter, Sanders (the likely next QB off the board) is the one who can make it.

Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State

In a world that often pits “analytics” against “the eye test,” it’s refreshing when the two ways of evaluating players converge for an identical evaluation.

Everyone who watched Jeanty at Boise saw how it seemed impossible to tackle him, and the numbers also concur.

The Heisman Trophy runner-up averaged an obscene 6.30 yards last season when his blockers were outnumbered in the box. He forced 97 missed or broken tackles, leading the draft class by miles. His 3.60 yards after contact were the best in the class, and his 4.75 yards per run disruption – carries on which a defender blows up a gap, essentially – were close to double the running back who was second place on that list, North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton.

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